Living for ever? How long would you want to live?

[oddoneout]

I worry most about having a couple of decades with chronic illness - diabetes, angina, that kind of thing - something all too common in modern Britain. We might have increased life expectancy, but what's the quality of life going to be like? Recently, I thought I'd make an attempt to get fitter by walking more - and have now ended up with very sore joints! (Hopefully, I just need to rest, but it gives me some idea what chronic arthritis might be like...)

It's my current experience of chronic and degenerative conditions that makes me less than enthusiastic about living a long time - I would rather quality than quantity.